HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdministration 09-05-07 y ' NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
ST. CROIX COUNTY ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
September 5, 2007 9:00 a.m.
St. Croix County Government Center Room 1281
1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES: July 11, 2007
DATE OF NEXT MEETING — October 3, 2007
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
1. Supervisors Attendance In Committee Closed Sessions
2. Supervisors' Requests to Board Chair for Full Board Consideration
3. Veterans Services Department 2008 Proposed Department Budget
4. Legislation Regarding Reduction of Counties from Seventy -two to Eighteen
ADJOURN
(Items may be taken in different order)
** Additions /Changes /Corrections
Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office
by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting.
8/29/2007 10:12 AM
OFFICIAL MINUTES
ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
Meeting called to order by Chair Caflisch at 9:01 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Roll call. Present: Ron Raymond, Dick King, Daryl Standafer, Don
Jordan and Tom Caflisch.
OTHERS PRESENT: County Board Chair Buck Malick, Administrative Coordinator Chuck
Whiting, Gordon Awsumb, Julie Speer, Corporation Counsel Greg
Timmerman (arrived at 9:04am), Veterans Services Director Lorin
Sather (arrived at 10:14am) and Amy Geurkink.
ADOPTION OF AGENDA: Motion by Raymond, 2nd by Standafer to adopt the agenda. Carried
unanimously.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: October 3, 2007 at 9:00am ( Malick requested review of WCA
Resolutions be placed on the October 3 meeting agenda).
ADOPTION OF MINUTES: Motion by Raymond, 2nd by Jordan to approve the July 11, 2007
minutes (with revisions). Carried unanimously.
SUPERVISORS ATTENDANCE IN COMMITTEE CLOSED SESSIONS AND SUPERVISORS
REQUESTS TO BOARD CHAIR FOR FULL BOARD CONSIDERATION: Caflisch reported
Supervisor Awsumb brought forward the issue concerning supervisors' attendance in closed session meetings
and reported he and Awsumb participated in a conference call with the Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General.
Awsumb indicated he has brought this subject to the Administration Committee because of his exclusion from
a closed session of a Planning and Zoning Committee meeting. Awsumb reported Wisconsin Assistant
Attorney General Bruce Olson relayed a verbal opinion that according to state rules an elected official cannot
be held from attending a closed session meeting unless County Board rules include such provision. Awsumb
also indicated he found it inappropriate the Planning and Zoning meeting minutes omitted that he had been
excluded from the closed session. Awsumb further reported the Planning and Zoning Committee had
determined not to hear a rezoning issue except through a hearing and when he attempted to have it addressed
at a County Board meeting his motion was denied. Awsumb summarized he is asking the Administration
Committee to review these issues and wants a clear policy established for future clarification.
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Malick explained why Awsumbs' motion was denied at the County Board meeting. He indicated it was
viewed as a request to refer to a committee, the bylaws dictate matters should not repeatedly be sent to
committees and the Planning and Zoning Committee had already made its determination.
Timmerman reported the facts presented are not as they exist and indicated the Assistant Attorney General's
opinion was issued based on the information presented. Timmerman provided a brief history of the situation
and summarized there is a specific process for rezoning as set in the statutes. Timmerman reported he
requested Awsumb be excluded from the Planning and Zoning Committee closed session because of possible
litigation involving the county and summarized Awsumbs' presence would have thwarted the reason for the
closed session. Timmerman further explained it was not in the County Board's power to do what Awsumb
was asking as the rezoning process had already been recommended. Awsumb reiterated the opinion of the
Assistant Attorney General, as well as his concern about the process and wants the rules affirmed; Timmerman
requested in writing, the questions presented and the Assistant Attorney General's response opinion.
Discussion regarding the uniqueness of the situation and the history of this particular case. Discussion
regarding requests at County Board meetings, repeated requests to committees and the meeting rules set forth
in the County Board Rules and Bylaws and in the state statutes.
Motion by Jordan, 2nd by Raymond to acknowledge Supervisor Awsumbs' testimony and review the rules
concerning attendance of closed session by supervisors and discuss at the next Administration Committee
meeting. Timmerman suggested polling other counties concerning their rules for exclusion. Awsumb will
provide copies of Chapter 19 of the State Statutes to each member of the Administration Committee.
Discussion regarding the debate for next month's meeting. Carried unanimously.
Jordan, Awsumb and Timmerman left the meeting at 10:13am.
LEGISLATION REGARDING REDUCTION OF COUNTIES FROM SEVENTY -TWO TO
EIGHTEEN (10:14am): Discussion regarding Assembly Bill 438 and other counties that have opposed such
legislation. Motion by Standafer, 2 nd by Raymond to draft a resolution opposing legislation to reduce the
number of Wisconsin counties from seventy two to eighteen; and request this item be placed on the September
County Board agenda. Carried unanimously (Jordan was not present for this motion).
Malick left the meeting at10:l7am; Speer left at 10:18am.
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VETERANS SERVICES DEPARTMENT 2008 PROPOSED DEPARTMENT BUDGET (10:17am):
Lorin Sather presented the 2008 Veterans Services Department proposed budget; Sather explained the changes
from last year's budget and summarized it is an overall increase of .5 %.
Motion by Standafer, 2 nd by Raymond to approve the Veterans Services Department 2008 proposed budget in
the amount of $247,012.00 and move it forward in the budget process. Carried unanimously (Jordan was not
present for this motion). Sather reported he will not be available during the budget review meetings at the end
of September as he will be attending a conference in Madison.
Caflisch adjourned the meeting at 10:22am.
Dick King, Secretary
Amy Geurkink, Recording Secretary
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